Re: inguinal hernia


<will_usher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> ok the left side was a sports hernia (Gilmore's Groin) and the right
> just a hernia (not sure whether it was direct or indirect) but the left
> is virtually pain free now. The right is what is causing the majority
> of the pain.
>
> the doctors at the time did not know that I had a hernia. I went to a
> hospital in Australia. They gave me a CT and Ultrasound scan to check
> that it wasn't anything more serious. In this country I had a scan that
> involved them injecting die into my groin and then bearing down to show
> if a hernia 'lump' showed. I think its called a Herniagram Scan, but
> not sure.
>

The so-called "sports hernia" is a torn groin muscle and is not even related
to being a hernia. I sincerely hope you didn't have surgery on that side,
then. Herniagrams, boy, that's a rather unusual test, at least in this
country and in the 21st century. I asked one of our radiologists about it a
few minutes ago, he started laughing. Personally, I've never ordered a
"herniagram" in 25 years.

So, you were having pain in the left groin, they examined you and couldn't
find a hernia, did a "herniagram", found nothing on the left and found a
hernia on the right. Were you having symptoms on the right? Did they operate
on the left? Did they operate on the right?

HMc



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